UNDERWHELMED with new Sprint Booster
12-05-2008, 06:30 PM
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I don't know if my expectations were too high based on all the forum hype or what... but I was expecting more than what I got from this $270 sprint booster. I am not even sure what I got. If I slam the pedal I still get a lag or I get a lurch like the car can't decide on a gear. If I press the pedal gradually there seems to be a slight improvement in acceleration but nothing worth $270. I thought the whole point of this thing was to eliminate lag when I slam the pedal? I feel like there is faster acceleration AFTER I slam the pedal, but I still have the lag. WTF! 
12-05-2008, 06:39 PM
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update your signature....no longer "in the mail," unless you might be selling it soon. 
12-05-2008, 06:56 PM
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Frank, thanks for the sig update suggestion. Would of been "still in the mail" next year without your attention to details 
. Auto transmission. Does seem a little jumpier, but stlll have slight lag. Here is the info printed on the box that my sprint was packaged in: SPRINT Booster Power Converter/ Boulekos Dynamic/ Tatoiou 84, 14452/ Metamorfosis - Athens Greece/ e-mail: info@boulekosdynamic.com/ web site: www.boulekosdynamic.com or www.sprintbooster.gr
. Auto transmission. Does seem a little jumpier, but stlll have slight lag. Here is the info printed on the box that my sprint was packaged in: SPRINT Booster Power Converter/ Boulekos Dynamic/ Tatoiou 84, 14452/ Metamorfosis - Athens Greece/ e-mail: info@boulekosdynamic.com/ web site: www.boulekosdynamic.com or www.sprintbooster.gr
12-05-2008, 06:58 PM
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You should also do a 25 second transmission reset and then drive it again! 
Even with the Sprint Booster, I still regularly reset my transmission to keep that new car acceleration going! 
Even with the Sprint Booster, I still regularly reset my transmission to keep that new car acceleration going!
12-05-2008, 07:01 PM
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How do I do transmission reset? I think I have read this before but too lazy to do search. Help me out Puck 
12-05-2008, 07:15 PM
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Originally Posted by rogerj' post='739130' date='Dec 5 2008, 11:01 PM
How do I do transmission reset? I think I have read this before but too lazy to do search. Help me out Puck
How do you reset the transmission???
12-05-2008, 07:16 PM
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Originally Posted by rogerj' post='739126' date='Dec 5 2008, 10:56 PM
Frank, thanks for the sig update suggestion. Would of been "still in the mail" next year without your attention to details
12-05-2008, 07:17 PM
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Originally Posted by rogerj' post='739126' date='Dec 5 2008, 09:56 PM
Frank, thanks for the sig update suggestion. Would of been "still in the mail" next year without your attention to details .
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Originally Posted by mrfva' post='739145' date='Dec 5 2008, 11:17 PM
Credit goes to DrLev99 for pointing out your signature
